

- #CONNECTING THE WD MY BOOK EXTERNAL DRIVE SOFTWARE#
- #CONNECTING THE WD MY BOOK EXTERNAL DRIVE PROFESSIONAL#
After reading this post, the customer contacted us for data recovery services.īelow, we will describe the steps we took to recover the data from the ransomware-infected My Book Live drive. When this drive was connected to the internet for taking backup from the local machine, it got infected with the ransomware. The customer was taking regular backup of his data on this NAS drive. Due to the file system deletion, the drive was not recognized by the system. The virus also deleted the file system of the drive and converted all files into a RAW format, with a. Due to the virus, all files became inaccessible. One of the renowned architects, based out of Delhi, was using WD My Book Live ® NAS drive as backup media for his important work. Case Overview – Data Loss from Western Digital My Book Live NAS Drive Stellar has announced specialized in-lab services for users in India who lost their data due to security lapses on WD My Book Live ® and My Book Live Duo ® drives.

Some of the users recovered data by using Stellar Data Recovery software.
#CONNECTING THE WD MY BOOK EXTERNAL DRIVE SOFTWARE#
There were many users who tried different data recovery software to recover the data. WD also offered data recovery services and drive replacement to affected users.Īffected users started reporting about data wiping in WD community forums. When users of My Book Live have reported sudden data loss, Western Digital advised the users to disconnect the drives from the internet. Western Digital My Book Live NAS Drive – Data Loss Overview
#CONNECTING THE WD MY BOOK EXTERNAL DRIVE PROFESSIONAL#
